March 4

And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. — 1 Sam 17:49

It is perfectly obvious that men do necessarily absorb, out of the influences in which they grow up, something which gives a complexion to their whole after-character.
— Anthony Froude.

All common things, each day’s events
That with the hour begin and end,
Our pleasures and our discontents
Are rounds by which we may ascend.
— Henry W. Longfellow.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. I
— Shakespeare.

Prayer

My Father, I would remember that my life may decline from the neglect of small things; for as thou dost nourish the wheat from flakes of snow, and supply the springs from drops of rain, so thou wilt strengthen my soul from every little blessing. I pray that I may not forget to watch my habits, and keep track of the hours that culture and sustain my life. Amen.